Civil Engineering

The TKM Civil Engineering Department which took genesis in 1958 is commended as one of the best Civil engineering Departments in Kerala. The department produces the finest graduates in the state who are highly sought out by the professional community, and offers B.Tech programme which has been accredited by the NBA for 6 years (2016-’17, 2017-’18, 2018-’19, 2019-‘20, 2020-’21, 2021-’22) and M Tech programme for 2 years (2017-’18, 2018-’19). The department is one of the largest in the college with faculty and supporting staff above 50.The Alumni of the department have been well-placed in several prestigious institutions both inside and outside the country.

The department has demonstrated credible academic excellence and many a times the students of the department bagged the first rank in the University of Kerala. Student projects are differentiated into socially relevant, research oriented and academically oriented projects. The department has well equipped labs in all disciplines which cater to the need of the undergraduate and post graduate students.The department has a very efficient advisory system which caters to maintaining the affinity of teacher-parent-student relationship. The department is also a recognized QIP centre of the AICTE for Ph. D. program as well as for the training of faculty from other engineering colleges.

There is interaction of the department with several industries like The Ramco Cements Limited, The Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited, Nirmithi Kendra, K.Lekhmanan & Co., and Steel Industries Kerala Ltd., whose industry personnel gives guest lectures and in association with whom student internships are provided for field experience and training. The Department which is an approved Research Centre of the University of Kerala has always been in the forefront in taking up R&D initiatives and Industrial Consultancy assignments and serves as an authorized testing and consultancy centre for industries and the general public. The major funding agencies for the research and development activities conducted by the department are the AICTE, TEQIP, the Institution of Engineers (India), the Kerala State Council for Science and Technology, and the Centre for Engineering Research and Development.

Vision & Mission

VISION

To impart holistic and research oriented education in Civil Engineering, in conformity with global standards while adhering to environmental sustenance

Contact Information

Head of the Department
Dept. of Civil Engg
TKM College of Engineering
Kollam-5.

Email: beesunil@tkmce.ac.in

Office Phone: 914742712024

Mobile: 919895013924

Department Info

Course

Duration

Intake

B.Tech – Civil Engineering

4 years

120

M.Tech – Structural Engineering and Construction Management

2 years

18

PhD – Civil Engineering

3 years

2

Programme Educational Objectives

Programme Educational Objectives of the UG Programme are

PEO 1 Our graduates excel in professional career and/or higher education by acquiring knowledge in mathematical,computing and engineering principles, pertaining to the current global scenario in Civil Engineering.

PEO 1 Our graduates excel in academics and/or research in the domain of construction management as well as structural engineering.

PEO 2 As quality professionals, our graduates confidently undertake projects in the field of structural engineering and construction management, and present optimal and facilitative solutions, through coordinated team work.

Programme

1. B.Tech.- Civil Engineering

B.Tech- Civil Engineering Programme of our college is affiliated to University of Kerala/APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.

Admission Eligibility

Candidates with a pass in the Plus – Two Examination of Kerala Higher Secondary Board or its equivalent with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as optional subjects or any other examination accepted as equivalent thereto, securing a minimum of 50% marks in Mathematics and 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together are eligible for admission.

Admission is made by a selection committee constituted by the Government of Kerala

Reservation to SC,ST and other communities are available as per rules and regulations of the Government from time to time.

15% of the seats are reserved under Management quota . Those who want to get admission under the Management quota should apply to the management and qualify the Engineering entrance examination conducted by Commissioner of Entrance Examination; Government of Kerala

2. MTech – Structural Engineering and Construction Management

Admission Eligibility:

A pass in the B.Tech Degree in Civil Engineering with 60% of marks with usual concessions to SC/ST and other eligible communities as per Government rules from time to time

Minimum marks for M.Tech admission for AMIE candidates shall be 55% of the aggregate of Section B of the respective examination

They should have a minimum of three years of professional experience in the field and a valid GATE score in the respective branch

Duration of the Course:

The programme is conducted in four semesters.

Library

The Department has a well-established library with a reading room which is amply used by the staff and students. The library is equipped with a good number of text books. The records of industrial training reports, university question papers, IS Codes, reports of seminars and projects are kept in the library and made accessible to students. A good collection of books are contributed by the alumni of our department. Library is accessible for students and faculty members during the working hours of the College. Books are issued to the faculty and students of the Department.

Volume : 2096
Titles : 1184

LIST OF SUBSCRIBED JOURNALS:

· JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

· JOURNAL OF INDIAN HIGHWAYS

· NICMAR JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

· JOURNAL OF INDIAN CONSTRUCTION

· JOURNAL OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

· JOURNAL OF INDIAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION

· THE IUP JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

· THE ASIAN REVIEW OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

· ITPI JOURNAL

· JOURNAL OF INDIAN ROAD CONGRESS

· INCOLD JOURNAL

· CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION REVIEW

· I MANAGER- JOURNAL ON STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

· RESEARCH ALERT – CSIR

· TAI JOURNAL

· I MANAGER- JOURNAL ON CIVIL ENGINEERING

· ICJ – THE INDIAN CONCRETE JOURNAL

· IASH JOURNAL

LIST OF E-RESOURCES:

ASCE

Elsevier

J GATE

Mc Graw Hill

Pearson e-books

Delnet

N LIST

Laboratory

The laboratories of the department have state-of-the art equipments are made available for the regular academic work, consultancy service and for the research works. Each laboratory has a senior professor-in-charge who is assisted by an associate professor/assistant professor.The following laboratories are managed by the department

GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

The laboratory has facilities for conducting practical classes for undergraduate programmes. The undergraduate students are being encouraged to take up topics in the field of Geotechnical Engineering for their project work by making use of facilities available in the laboratory.

Various equipment available in the lab are

Hydrometer

Pycnometer

Triaxial testing machine

Direct shear apparatus

UCC apparatus

Sieve sets

Standard Penetration test apparatus

Sieve Shaker (motorized)

Liquid limit device

Proctor compaction apparatus

Plastic limit apparatus

Shrinkage limit testing apparatus

Hot air oven

Vane shear

Sand replacement apparatus

Core cutter

CBR apparatus

Permeability testing apparatus (Constant head & Variable head)

Relative density apparatus

Licensed Software available

MIDAS

Consultancy work from the government, semi government and private agencies are undertaken. Soil investigation for various projects in Kollam district is conducted by Geotechnical Engineering lab.

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

The Transportation Engineering Laboratory is equipped with facilities for testing of Aggregates, Bitumen and Soil. The Laboratory is fully equipped for conduct of regular experiments at UG level and consultancy works.

This laboratory is actively involving in consultancy work for various Government and Non government organisations. The consultancy work includes the mix design of concrete & various building material testing.

COMPUTATIONAL LABORATORY

Licensed software’s available are

Auto CAD 2004

STADD. Pro 2004

STADD. Pro-V8i

MATLAB 2016

Trial versions and open source software of

Auto CAD

ANSYS Civil

WEKA

DTREG

SPSS

Easy Fit

Q-GIS

In addition to the academic activities, Computation lab facilities are using for the consultancy work of the department. Presently the lab facilities are using for consultancy work for the building valuation of Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML), Chavara and Indian Rare Earth (IRE), Chavara.

CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKSHOP

This lab is intended to conduct the practical sessions of the first year B-tech students. Training sessions like Setting out of building, Area and Volume calculation of building and building components, making of brick bonds and basics surveying using levelling instruments are conducted by using this lab facility.

COMPUTATIONAL LABORATORY (PG)

Computation lab is equipped with various software’s required for the PG students to carry out their project work. Software’s available are

Auto CAD 2004

STADD. Foundation

STADD. Pro-V8i

Prima Vera

Post graduates students are encouraged to use the computation lab for accessing the E-journals subscribed by the department. Facilities of the lab are used for the structural engineering (design & drafting) consultancy work of the department.

Niranjana Baburaj, Effect of Steel and Carbon Fibres on the Flexural Behaviour of Self Compacting Concrete, Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, 09-11 Dec 2015, 179-188.

Shilpa K. P., Mechanical Properties of High Performance Concrete with Straight Steel Fibres, Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, 09-11 Dec 2015, 220-227.

Joohi Kunhimon, Effects of Fibres on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of Fly Ash and SCBA Based Concrete, Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, 09-11 Dec 2015, 290-296.

Udaya K L , Performance Based Analysis of Buildings with Geometric Irregularities, Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering Research, April 2014, School of Civil Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, p. 372-381.

Arjun Raaj (First Semester) bagged the first prize in FACE to FACE Competition and second prize in Inquisto Vitouso Competition conducted as part of Tathva ’15 at NIT, Calicut from October 29th to November 1st, 2015.

Devika Sharji (III Year), secured second place in the Kerala University Judo Women championship held at TKMCE

Gopika, Sreehari and Praveen, was the runner up in the Kerala University North zone intercollegiate Chess championship held at CET, Thiruvananthapuram

Jithin Rocky, Mohammed Navas, Syed Mohammed Junaid, Kuru Moda and Shijith, runner up in the Kerala University North zone intercollegiate Football tournament

Kaveri Prathweraj O M, Sruthi V Roy and Anjali PV (III Year), secured third place in third place in the Kerala University Judo Women championship held at TKMCE

Lekshmi D, Veena S Sugathan (III Year) secured First prize in the event “War Of Words” conducted as a part of NAKSHATRA 2016, national level Techno Cultural Festival at Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam.

Monica Shine (First Semester) bagged the first prize in Informals Treasure Hunt held as part of Tathva ’15 at NIT, Calicut from October 29th to November 1st, 2015.

Praveen B L,(III year) was a member of the TKMCE chess team that won the second position in the Kerala University chess championship.

Veena S Suthan, secured First prize in JAM-English as a part of NAKSHATRA 2016 at Saintgits Kottayam

Aleesha Fizal, Rahul Raju (III Year) secured third position in the event “CEA Quiz Quest 2016” conducted as a part of CEA FEST’16, a national level technical festival at IIT Madras.

Initiated the process of sending M.Tech graduates to Chosun University for Ph.D programme.Lekshmi D (III Year) secured first position in the event “ Potential Professor” conducted as a part of CEA FEST’16, a national level technical festival at IIT Madras.Association with Foreign Universities (International)

MoU with Chosun University, South Korea

Associations with Industries (National)

1. MoU with The RAMCO Cements Limited

The Department undertakes testing and consultancy works on a preferential basis

Resource person from the Ramco Cements Ltd. for faculty development programme

Short Term Course on ‘Recalibrating the Industry Institute Space’ by TKMCE – platform for experts from the industry to share knowledge.

Sharing of technical knowledge through publications.
Associations with Industries (State)

Short Term Course on ‘Recalibrating the Industry Institute Space’ by TKMCE – platform for experts from Nirmithi Kendra to share knowledge.

Expert faculty from TKMCE shares their knowledge in construction field to woman masons during a training session by Nirmithi Kendra.

G/P.G students seek guidance from the experts of Nirmithi Kendra during their project phase.

TKMCE to be a host institution for the recruitment process of Engineers of Nirmithi Kendra.

MoU with Lekshmanan& Co., Kollam

Graduates placed in the company as Quality Engineers

Short Term Course on ‘Recalibrating the Industry Institute Space’ by TKMCE – platform for experts from the industry to share knowledge.

Sharing of technical know-how

MoU with The Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd. , Chavara

The research related with utilisation of UTP solids for concrete has been completed and the project report was submitted in May 2016 by Prof. Benny Joseph.

UG student projects are being done in association with KMML

Consultancy works are undertaken in a preferential basis.The property evaluation of buildings in the areas earmarked for acquisition for mining is continuing. Works include field data collection and subsequent documentation and estimation of value of the building. (This comes under separate agreement)

News

Centre for Water Resources and Environmental Management (CWREM) in joint co-ordination with IEI Kollam local centre organized an invited talk by Dr EJ James Former Executive Director CWREM Calicut on the topic “Water Scenario of Kerala” on 22nd March 2017 as part of World Water Day.

Mr Ashish Renjan Dubey Academic Relations Manager, India at Bentley Systems delivered a talk on leading software like ContextCapture, LumenRT and MicroStation for the final year civil engineering students on 18thOctober 2016. Mr Sabu S Nair, Manager-Training InterCAD, Mr. Vivek Gopal of InterCAD were also present for the event.

The Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam organized the 3rd International Conference on MODELING AND SIMULATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, ICMSC 2015, from December 9 – 11, 2015. ICMSC, held biennially by the Department of Civil Engineering, is a platform for sharing, debating and promoting ideas on modeling and simulation in civil engineering. […]